{"id":298768,"date":"2018-06-14T13:11:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T07:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tehelka.com\/?p=298768"},"modified":"2018-06-28T15:27:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T15:27:08","slug":"mob-kills-2-men-on-allegations-of-cattle-theft-in-jharkhand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/mob-kills-2-men-on-allegations-of-cattle-theft-in-jharkhand\/","title":{"rendered":"Mob kills 2 men on allegations of cattle theft in Jharkhand"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_298769\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-298769\" style=\"width: 483px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-298769\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Cattle-300x87.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"140\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-298769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Representational Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Two Muslim men (Jirafuddin Ansari and Murtaza Miyan form Taljhari village) on suspicion of being cattle thieves were beaten to death by a vigilante mob in Jharkhand&#8217;s Godda District on June 13.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The two men were part of a gang of five people that entered a village and stole 13 buffaloes, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Villagers caught hold of two of the thieves and started beating them due to which they died,&#8221; Rajeev Ranjan Singh, Godda Superintendent of Police (SP) said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A case has been registered against the same and four villagers have been arrested, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe victims had previous criminal cases of cattle theft registered against them.\u201d Bodies of the victims were handed over to their families following postmortem,&#8221; the officer said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Five people had gone to Dhulu village in the district to steal buffaloes, and as they entered nearby Bankatti village they were caught by villagers armed with bows and arrows. While three of them managed to flee, the two were surrounded and lynched by the villagers,&#8221; he further added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThere is resentment among villagers about cattle thefts in the area. I am collecting reports about the incident,\u201d Godda MLA Pradeep Yadav said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the police, the probe was initiated and strict action will be taken against the people involved in the\u00a0lynching of these two men.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Muslim men (Jirafuddin Ansari and Murtaza Miyan form Taljhari village) on suspicion of being cattle thieves were beaten to death by a vigilante mob in Jharkhand&#8217;s Godda District on June 13.\u00a0 The two men were part of a gang of five people that entered a village and stole 13 buffaloes, police said. 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